40 years ago, my dad went viral on Usenet with this little gem: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html
The Story of Mel

@wendynather Mel the Real Programmer! I can't remember a time when I didn't know that story. I must have been emailed it in the late 90s...
@wendynather Will Mastodon throw up the person who should have mounted a scratch monkey as an encore?